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Time in Kotka, Finland now

06:04:49AM

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Palm Sunday (Easter) / Piano Day

Kotka switched to daylight saving time at 03:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:45AM ↓ 07:49PM (13h 3m) - More info - Make Kotka time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Kotka

UTC +3

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
now 7 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET)
The time in Kotka is normally 7 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Kotka can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Kotka is Europe/Helsinki.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).
The time was set forward one hour from 03:00AM to 04:00AM local time.

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET).
The time will be set back one hour from 04:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Kotka

Los Angeles	−10 hours	−10 hours
Chicago	−8 hours	−8 hours
New York	−7 hours	−7 hours
Toronto	−7 hours	−7 hours
São Paulo	−6 hours	−6 hours
UTC	−3 hours	−3 hours
Lagos	−2 hours	−2 hours
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
Cairo	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Istanbul	0
Moscow	0
Dubai	+1 hours
Mumbai	+2.5 hours
Hong Kong	+5 hours
Shanghai	+5 hours
Singapore	+5 hours
Tokyo	+6 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Kotka

Sunrise: 06:45AM
Sunset: 07:49PM
Day length: 13h 3m
Solar noon: 01:17PM
The current local time in Kotka is 77 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Kotka on the map

Location: Finland
Latitude: 60.466. Longitude: 26.946
Population: 50,000

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Best restaurants in Kotka

#1 Kaunissaari Holiday Cottages/Café Mustikka
#2 Umi Sushi - Sushi and vegetarian options food
#3 Villa Munkholma - European food

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